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Privacy of 'Millions' Potentially at Risk; Security Weaknesses CitedTwo recent reports issued by separate watchdog agencies spotlight data privacy and security challenges at the Department of...
Proofpoint Research Points to More Sophisticated TechniquesA newly discovered hacking group is using an array of sophisticated spoofing and social engineering techniques to imitate government...
Study Recommends Federal Certification Program for Vendors Providing Election InfrastructureA new report calls for the creation of a federal certification program that makes sure vendors that...
Firewall Maintenance Needs Automation to Prevent Misconfiguration read more
McAfee: Creators of 'Buran' Ask for Smaller Percentage of Ransoms CollectedA new ransomware-as-a-service model dubbed "Buran" that targets vulnerabilities in certain devices running Windows is...
Bank Reportedly Will Look Outside the Company for Security LeadershipNearly four months after Capital One revealed a massive data breach, Michael Johnson, the bank's CISO, is being moved into an...
Leaked documents from a civil suit against Facebook show how the social network aimed to employ user data as a tool for bargaining and to manipulate competitors, NBC News reported on Wednesday. read more
Letters From Texas Health Resources Hospitals Mailed to Wrong RecipientsA misconfigured billing system that caused a mailing mishap affecting nearly 83,000 individuals has prompted Texas Health...
The Sophos 2020 Threat Report is out, and among the key findings: Ransomware attackers continue to leverage automated active attacks that can evade security controls and disable backups to do...
Message About a Raise Designed to Harvest CredentialsA new phishing campaign lures employees with a message about a salary increase, according to researchers at the security firm Cofense. The...